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BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME
Term-End Examination

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June, 2016
ELECTIVE COURSE HISTORY
EHI-07 MODERN EUROPE FROM MID
18th CENTURY TO MID 20th CENTURY

Time: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 100 .
Note: The question paper has three sections. The students have to attempt any two questions in about 500 words each from Section any . four questions in about 250 words each from Section II and any two short notes in about 100 words each from Section HI. The marks are mentioned against each question.

SECTION I

1. Write a critical note on the working class movement in Britain giving reference to the Chartist movement.

2. Describe the revolutionary movements in Europe in the 1820s and 1830s.

3. "The World War and defeat did not reduce the Russian Empire into a series of nation-states as they did to the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires." Explain. 20

4. How would you explain the rise of Fascism in Italy What was the nature of the Fascist state? 20

SECTION II

5. Discuss the role of bureaucracy in the modern state. 12

6. Explain the ideas of various political groups that emerged in France following the Revolution of 1789. 12

7. In what ways did the growth in agriculture and commerce help in industrialisation in Britain 12

8. Write a critical note on the relationship between demographic growth and economic change. 12

9. How did popular mobilizations help the rise of nationalism in Europe? 12

10. How was the Indian economy affected as a result of the colonial rule? 12

11. Is it true that the contradictions of late and growing capitalism led to the Socialist revolution in Russia? 12

12. Discuss the impact of Total War on society. 12

SECTION III

13. Write short notes on any two of the following in about 100 words each: 6+6=12

The Code Napoleon

Jacksonian Democracy

The Balkan Wars

The League of Nations